Gonadal steroids regulate aromatase P450 expression in the rat pituitary

European Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-106

  Carretero, José ^a   Blanco, Enrique ^a   Rubio, Manuel ^a   Riesco, José M ^a   García Barrado, María J ^a   Iglesias Osma, María C ^a   Carretero Hernández, Marta ^a   Herrero, Julio J ^b   Burks, Deborah J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Gonadal steroids; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Pituitary; Western blotting

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84856103386     PISSN: 11364890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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